My Final Predictions for the Academy Award Nominations

Ladies and gentlemen, the day is upon us. Tomorrow morning at 5:30 AM, the Academy Awards will be announced. Who will make the final cut? It has been a very interesting year in regards to front runners with a mixed variety of results. In fact, it was very painstaking to try and whittle these down to a respectable few. I don't claim to be right, but I do hope that there's some surprises (and then some) in this year's race. The following is rundown of my final picks in 10 categories including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.

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Best Picture

1.  Boyhood

2. Birdman

3. Selma

4. The Theory of Everything
5. The Imitation Game
6. American Sniper
7. The Grand Budapest Hotel

8. Wild

9. Into the Woods

Best Director

1.  Richard Linklater - Boyhood

2. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Birdman

3. Ava Duvernay - Selma

4. James Marsh - The Theory of Everything

5. Clint Eastwood - American Sniper

Best Actor

1. Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything

2. Michael Keaton - Birdman

3. David Oyelowo - Selma

4. Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game

5. Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler

Best Actress

1. Julianne Moore - Still Alice

2. Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl

3. Amy Adams - Big Eyes

4. Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything

5. Reese Witherspoon - Wild

Best Supporting Actor

1. J.K. Simmons - Whiplash

2. Edward Norton - Birdman

3. Ethan Hawke - Boyhood

4. Robert Duvall - The Judge

5. Tom Wilkinson - Selma

Best Supporting Actress

1. Patricia Arquette - Boyhood

2. Emma Stone - Birdman

3. Carmen Ejogo - Selma

4. Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game

5. Meryl Streep - Into the Woods

Best Original Screenplay

1. Boyhood

2. Birdman

3. The Grand Budapest Hotel

4. Selma

5. Foxcatcher

Best Adapted Screenplay

1. Gone Girl

2. The Imitation Game

3. The Theory of Everything

4. Unbroken

5. Still Alice

Best Animated Feature

1. How to Train Your Dragon 2

2. The LEGO Movie

3. The Tale of Princess Kaguya

4. Big Hero 6

5. The Boxtrolls

Best Original Score

1. Interstellar

2. The Theory of Everything

3. The Imitation Game

4. Gone Girl

5. Unbroken